Bug#733929: exim4-base: anacron instead of cron should be enough

[Ansgar Burchardt]

Marc Haber <mh+debian-packages at zugschlus.de> writes:
> On Thu, Jan 02, 2014 at 01:08:23PM +0100, Ansgar Burchardt wrote:
>> Marc Haber <mh+debian-packages at zugschlus.de> writes:
>> > On Thu, Jan 02, 2014 at 11:53:06AM +0100, Ansgar Burchardt wrote:
>> >> anacron only recommends cron. exim4 is the only package preventing me
>> >> from removing cron from my desktop system.
>> >
>> > Out of curiosity, how is anacron invoked if not from cron?
>> 
>> At system startup via the init script (or systemd service or upstart
>> job) or using systemd timers (tough this isn't shipped with the anacron
>> package).
>
> So this is actually a patch making systemd migration easier. Thanks
> for clarifying that.

No, it's not. I just want to get rid of cron which I don't need on my
desktop system. Running anacron jobs at startup is enough anyway as I
restart it daily so it doesn't matter to me if someone does more
integration with systemd or not.

Ansgar